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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Hideki Asazu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Endo, Saitama, JP;
Katsuro Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Asazu, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Endo, Saitama, JP;
Katsuro Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Tsuruta, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Each bulletin board is set for the purpose of an argument and information exchange concerning a specific television program. In writing a remark in the bulletin board, a user registers information for specifying a program/scene referred to by the remark together with remark contents. The reference information consists of a broadcasting station at the time when a program is broadcasted and time when a reference part is broadcasted. The reference information is shaped into a predetermined format and transmitted to a terminal apparatus of the user. In the terminal apparatus, it becomes possible to start reproduction of a pertinent program/scene from recorded contents on the based on the received reference information. The terminal apparatus can support creation of information such as a comment concerning each scene in program contents and transmission and reception work of this type of information.